Position Opening: Part time Research Assistant

GEORGETOWN LAW STUDENTS ONLY
Fall Semester 2025

The Center is hiring a part-time research assistant for the Fall 2025 semester. This is an opportunity to work closely with a small team on cutting-edge issues involving gender and racial equity for girls and women. Our Center optimizes students’ experience by taking mentorship seriously and by integrating students into our work, providing opportunities to observe research work and meet practitioners and scholars with expertise in this field. We seek applicants who are passionate about the issues we address, eager to learn and take on tasks, and who produce quality work.

Position Responsibilities:

• Research and draft memoranda or annotated bibliographies to brief the Executive Director on issues relating to projects in the Center’s areas of focus, including adultification bias against Black girls, school discipline disparities experienced by girls of color, the impact of girls’ caregiving responsibilities, and the criminalization of survivors of gender-based violence.
• Conduct Blue booking and cite checks for the Center’s publications and research reports; 
• Participate in organizing events;
• Participate in team meetings; and
• Collaborate on other projects and assignments with the Center’s team of scholars and staff.

Candidate Requirements:

• Strong research and writing skills;
• Attention to detail;
• Willingness to pitch in on team tasks;
• Communication and teamwork skills; and
• Interest, expertise, and/or lived experience in work relating to racial and gender equity.

Position Specifics:

• Part-time (up to 20 hours/week)
• Hourly pay: $19.50 / hour

Application Instructions:

Please send a resume, cover letter, brief writing sample, transcript, and two references to the Center’s email: genderjusticecenter@georgetown.edu. Please specify whether you have relevant background experience in work relating to women and girls and/or racial bias, and what draws you to this Center.

Georgetown Law students hired for this position will be paid hourly at the rate of $19.50 per hour. IMPORTANT NOTE: The funding for this internship (paid hourly through payroll) is provided at least in part by OPICS summer funding. To be eligible for this position, Georgetown Law students must meet the eligibility requirements to receive OPICS summer funding (and not already be receiving OPICS summer funding for another position during the same summer).